Skeletal, clay-included, DT Quartz (Hauck Coll.)

Item Description

An uncommonly glassy, transparent and striking quartz crystal from the Vandall King and Richard Hauck Collections. This complete all-around, doubly terminated crystal has incredibly pronounced, recessed, skeletal features and amazing, parallel, clay inclusions, that give the crystal an other-worldly look. The back is heavily etched, but has no damage. The basal termination is chipped, but is a very modest detraction, as you can see. This riveting, very uncommon, older specimen is from Avery County, North Carolina, which is well-known for quartz and hyalite opal specimens. The Hauck collection wasone of the largest quartz collections in the US